Playoff Beards Are Coming to This Hockey Video Game

Because EA Sports knows that no Stanley Cup triumph is complete without the proper facial scruff.

With the NHL playoffs in full swing, the legendary tradition of the playoff beard is thriving. Every year since the 1980, when the New York Islanders donned beards to win the Stanley Cup, pro hockey players have been growing burly post-season beards until their team is either knocked out of the playoffs or they finally hoist the coveted championship trophy.

EA Sports has finally taken notices and is adding a playoff beard feature to the upcoming NHL 16 video game. Surely the most welcome in-game feature for fans of the series, EA Sports says the game will contain "accurate representations of beard patterns, length, thickness, and growth rates for individual players," although they don't say how this will be measured and then replicated.

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Still, it's great news for gamers, hockey fans, and people who just love reality, because no Stanley Cup win is complete without an epic barbarian beard.